I tried testing a movie from my home server in plex through firefox and repeatedly got this message, even after reloading.

I knew that they had paywalled the apps on mobile and streaming from outside the network but now they have also blocked watching your own movies through your own hardware.

I do get the point that making software should be able to sustain people but I dont see the move of plex as a fair thing to do. Yes, they have made great software but taking your home server hostage feels like the wrong move.

Even a pop up that says “we need you to donate please” would have been fine. make it pop up before every movie, play donation ads before any movie but straight up disabling the app is kinda cruel.

Anyway, i have switched to jellyfin and it is insanely good. please give it a try. you can run it alongside plex with not issues (at least i had none) and compare the two.

In any case, good luck. Let me know if you need help.

      • Droolio@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        announced

        What announcement? There’s been a new Personal Plus plan around for several months already - introduced without much fanfare, and simply brings the user count from 3 to 6 for a fixed small fee. Presumably this is due to feedback from personal users wanting to contribute something other than nothing.

        Where do you see the free Personal plan has changed at all?

      • Bubs@lemm.eeEnglish
        131·
        20 hours ago

        Took a quick look at the free tier,

        • 3 users
        • 100 devices
        • Basically all tailscale features

        That seems pretty reasonable to me. Main account and two accounts to share. With just friends and family, I doubt most people will reach the 100 device limit.

        • morriscox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          18 hours ago

          Creating a tailnet using a custom domain is considered for business use.

          Well, that sucks for me. I was planning on using my domain name.

          • Alfenstein@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            4 hours ago

            I have it set up so that my custom domain is pointing to the local ip of my server.

          • Droolio@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            custom domain

            From what I gather, this refers to the email address you sign up with.

            If you use something like a non-gmail email address when signing up, it starts you off on the business plan with a trial (which you can instantly change to free). (Note: they’re gonna change this auto-detection thing with shared domains soon due to a security hole.)

            I believe you can still use a custom domain (instead of the randomised *.ts.net provided one) with DNS lookups in your tailnet, on the personal (free) plan.

          • death916@lemmy.death916.xyzEnglish
            1·
            15 hours ago

            The tailnet domain doesn’t really matter that much if you have your own. I just use tailscale IP for everything that’s not in adgaurs with a host name already

      • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        14 hours ago

        It’s kinda the same as it was before, as far as I can see, for the personal plan. Looks like they’ve just added more the ability to add more than 3 users for a fee.

      • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        19 hours ago

        I’m willing to recommend Tailscale because I run headscale and it does basically everything a selfhoster needs. When the free version is passable, it’s harder to enshitify the commercial version.

    • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      22 hours ago

      That’s great until you try and get it working on your <insert person here that doesn’t live with you>’s TV via their streaming device.